Advisory Activities

Advisory sessions allow the New Tech
teachers to meet with a small group of students twice weekly. Grade
checks Mac Book checks, transcript checks, and course selections are
performed to assess the academic process of each student. Future career
paths, as well as ways to achieve those goals, are discussed in length
to help keep students motivated and on the right path.

Advisory
also provides teachers and students to come up with the rules and norms
for the school together. Teachers facilitate discussion to allow
students to be directly involved with the school culture. Culture is a
huge part of what we hope to build through various advisory activities.

Aside
from the academic benefits of Advisory, students will also participate
in team building activities. In the Spring we have the New Tech
Olympics: a competition between advisories. Students compete in various
physical and mental events over the course of three weeks. The advisory
with the most points at the end of the Olympics wins. The purpose of the
fun activities is to promote team work and school spirit through our
advisory program.